Posted by Noa on January 9, 2002, at 8:21:16
In reply to Re: DONT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ABM YET » Noa, posted by bob on January 9, 2002, at 0:15:41
> *** If he was able to "tame is demons through the power of love", he is a rare bird indeed. That makes for an extaordinary story,
Yes, truly a *hollywood* film.
> >I suspect in real life that he went back on the drugs that they show him not taking. Of course, if he did, then how did he function at all, after they showed the effects on that front porch scene, or the scene of him holding the crying baby? ***
Well, I did notice he developed a shuffle walk, which I wonder whether it is an extrapyramidal side effect of the neuroleptics. I don't know, maybe he took a lower dose? They purposely, I think, seem to have left this ambiguous.
> ***I hate to appear shallow, but what would this beautiful woman have seen in this guy -- especially at that point. The juxtaposition of a modelesque woman with aplomb and poise head-over-heels for a nerdy freak seemed unrealistic to me.Well, first of all, it is a fairly common scenario in hollywood films for the leading man to be "interesting" and the leading woman to be beautiful. Think of all the older men with yonger, gorgeous women, or the kind of pudgy or ordinary looking guys with such women. I guess you see that in real life, too, sometimes.
Plus, she was his student when they met. She was an unusual woman of her time, if you think about it. A graduate student in math at MIT in the early 1950s. And he was portrayed as a brilliant, well-built, nonconformist. He was also a "project" which appeals to some women. But he was also soft in some ways, perhaps appealling because he lacked the usual sophistication of the men she was typically courted by. And, he had a great wry wit!
> I have a hard time imagining that an unwanted hallucination/delusion would become so benign. ***Yes, I wonder about this too, although I don't know enough about hallucinations/delusions.
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